Bale-tie buckle.



,P- H MUFARLAND. BALB TIE BUCKLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1o, 1911.

1,061,860. Patented My 13,1913.

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UNITED "sraTEs PALTENT OFFICE.

FRANK 'HnYs uidFAnLANn, or FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Assrenon, :BY MEsNn;

ASSIGNMENTS', To FRANTZ STANDARD BUCKLE'OO., or WEATHERFORD, TEXAS,

...To all whom t may concern LAN'o,- a. citlzen of and State of Texas,

-Buckles, of which the Beitknowin'that I, FRANK fI-lxrsMGFAR the UnitedStates, resid ingl at Fort Vorth, inthe county ofr Tarrant following isa speci.-

'nl therballtiaan'd the Objectis to provide 'rapidity and which willbuckles; which. canfbe -put on with great secure the ties without..leavingvthe ends' of the ties exposed;

Such exposed ends are .dangerous because further Objectis to provide adevice 'which is simple in' constru'c-tim4 to which the 'ities areeasily andvquckly attached, and in which the parts are vso arranged asvto brace jeach other mutually and"to'prevent the ties .i I-front-'slipping from `the-buckles..

With these and'otherlobjects in view the .invention consists 1n thenovel construction and arrangement of 4parts.,hereinafter dei annoreflparticularly pointed out in the' claims',

it being understood that various changes in I the. form, proportions,size, and minor details l"parting from of" the structure' maybemadewithout de l the spirit or sacriticlng any of theadvantages of theinvention- 'as claimed.

Reference 1s 'had to the accompanying 4 drawings which forma part ofthis appliy cation.4

Figurelis 'an elevation of the buckle, showing the position as used ona. bale and showing in dotted 'outline the ends Of a tie applied lto thebuckle. 4o.

Fig. 2 is an edge view7 showing theends of .the tie secnred thereto, theside-to be next to the bale being [shown on ,the right side of theligure. Fig.

is' a view of. the lower end fof the-buckle.

-PartS .are

Similarcharacters of reference areused to-indicate the. same partsthroughout the :several views.

The .improved buckle is constructed of heavy wire, lpreferably circularin cross-secand of a single Vpiece of wire or ot a rod orbar. .The wireis irst lapped upon itselfwith onearm considerably longer than theother. The end 'of the lapped portion is bent' inwardly to form aguard. 1. Thetwo i Specicationof Letters Patent. Application nledllay1Q, 1911. v Serial No. 626,200.

p have invented certain'. new vand useful Improvements 1nv Bale-Tie4posely doubled to form and the doubled portion guard, one Aa-rm of saidthevother armandv at rightlangles to said' then extended upwardly toform a :Banu-Tir:v BUCKLE Patented May 13, 1913,v

side bar. 2 and then the longer part is bentl under the other to form atie engagingbar 3. The longer part is extended still farther andthen'bent to form another tic engaging bar 4. lThe bar 4 has a. portion5 thereof curved to effect a binding action. Willen the press orcompress releases a bale, the tie will be forced tov conform to thecontour of the portlon 5 and the portion et, and thepull on` the tiewill be of ditierent leverages and any slipping of the tie is thuseectu'ally pre.

vented. The shorter end of the wire is contlnued and bent at rightangles to form a clamping-bar 6., A The end 7 of the tie is firstplacedon the I bar 3 with tlLe free end'thereof brought back over' thebar 6 by which the two parts of the tie are clamped together audit isnot essentialthat the tie be pressed againstl the bale to be held inplace. The sidebar S serves as a guard and will prevent lateraldisplacement of the tie.v On the other side ofthe buckle a guard 9 isformed at the bending of the wire which will prevent lateraldisplacement ot the tie on `that side ofthe.

buckle. The end 10 of the tie is then placed on the bar 4. The tie canbe bent .before inthe buckle, since the bar 4 has After the end 10 islocated or serting itin a free end. placed on `by the guard 1 and by theguard 9 so that it cannot be displaced laterally on either side. Thefree end of the tie at end 10 will be forced toward one side as shown inthe drawings. The end of bar 4 is bent so that the tie can be easilyforced on the bar and also so that vit' the bar 4 is vforced downagainst the guard 1 the bent portion will serve as a hook to prevent theguard 1 from being vforced outwardly.

the guard so that the guard will vbe strengthened.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new vand desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is,-

1'. A bale-tie buckle formed of a single piece of wire and havingajportion thereof' doubled upon itself to form a side guard `bar bent toforni an end wlre being bent under The wire is purthe bar 4, it will beheld in place side guard to form a tie engaging4 bar and alinement withsaid end guard and the other i end of said wire being extended and bentparallel to said first mentioned tie engagin bar to form a Clamp tocoperate with sai bar.

2. A bale-tie buckle kformed of a single pieceof Wire and having aportion thereof doubled upon itself to form a side guard barv 3. A,bale-tie buckle formed of a single' piece of Wire and having a portionthereof doubled upon itself to form an end guard and a side guard andone arm of said Wire being formed into a loop 'at right angles to Saidside guard, one side of said loop 'forming a fixed tie engaging bar andthe other side thereof forming a free tie engaging bar Within the planeof said end guard, a por tion of said free tie engaging bar being curvedopposite the side guardbar for binding the tie thereon and the other armof said wire being extended and bent parallel to said vbars to form aclamp yto coperate with said fixed tie engaging bar.

4. A bale-tie'buckle formed of a single piece of wire and having aportion thereof doubled upon itself to form a side guard bar and bent toform an end guard, one arm of said wire being bent under the other andat right angles to said' side bar to form a tie engaging bar and thenbent parallel to said Side bar to form the second side barand then bentsubstantially at right angles to said side bars and extended under saiddoubled portion and standing free to be engaged by a bale tie and inposition to be drawn automatically against said end guard by the bale-tie and the other arm of said Wire being extended in line with saidfirst named side bar'beyond the rst named tie engaging bar and then bentat right angles and parallel to said tie engaging bar to form a clampingbar; i

In testimony whereof I set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses,this 26th day of October 1911. n

FRANK HAYs MCFARLAND.

Witnesses:

HUGH ORGAIN., v G. U. FLORENCE. Sr.

